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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 93.

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 Let's sing Psalm's version, Psalm 93.

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 We'll sing the whole of this Psalm, verse 1 to 5.

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 The tune is St. Magnus.

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 The Lord is King, His throne endures, majestic in His height.

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 The Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength and might.

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 We'll stand to sing, if you're able, to God's praise.

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 The Lord is King, His throne endures, majestic in His height.

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 The Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength and might.

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 The world is founded firm and sure, removed it cannot be.

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 Your throne is strong and you are God from all eternity.

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 The seas, O Lord, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice.

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 The seas, O Lord, have lifted up their waves and made a mighty noise.

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 The Lord in whom, whom are strong, more powerful is He.

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 than thunder of the ocean's waves, or breakers of the sea.

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 Your royal structures.

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 Your royal statues, Lori's thongle, unchanging is Your word.

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 and holiness adores you us

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 for endless days, O Lord.

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 We unite our hearts in a short word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we do rejoice in your goodness to us,

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 that you are a God who blesses us so abundantly

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 and help us to be thankful each day

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 for all that is ours,

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 for all that we enjoy from your hand,

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 the food that we have,

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 the homes, the families,

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 the church that we enjoy coming to here

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 and learning more about you

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 and experiencing you

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 and being encouraged then to share

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 the good news of the gospel with others.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that you have blessed us

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 with the promise of your Son,

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 the Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 And in all that we do,

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 we want to know more of him,

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 that we might love him with all our hearts

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 and experience him with us

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 all the days of our lives.

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 We thank you that that is your promise

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 as we put our trust in you,

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 that you will not leave us at any time,

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 but that you will be our constant companion.

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 So may you bless us,

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 each one here today.

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 Bless our young people

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 as we thank you for them.

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 We pray that you will be with them

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 in school and nursery

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 and in the Sunday school

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 and Crescent tweenies here.

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 May you watch over each one,

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 O Lord,

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 as we commit them to your care.

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 And we ask that you will hear

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 all our prayers at this time

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 and throughout this day

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 as we worship you.

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 Lord, may we rejoice in you

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 and be glad in you

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 and give thanks to you

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 for all that is ours

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 in you and in your son

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 as we ask it with the forgiveness

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 of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 It's a good thing to come together

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 and worship God.

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 It's a real blessing and encouragement

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 to see everyone who comes in

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 through these doors today

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 and everyone chins in online as well,

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 that we have that desire

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 to worship God

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 and to enjoy Him.

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 Now what about this week?

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 How have you enjoyed this past week?

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 What about the weather?

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 What a transformation

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 in the weather this week.

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 The sun being out

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 and it being so warm.

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 We went from,

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 I think it was hailstoning

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 the week before

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 to the sun cream coming out this week

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 and everybody just seems so happy.

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 Everybody just seems

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 to be enjoying themselves

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 so much when the sun is out

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 and the weather is good.

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 You may have got

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 the trampoline out this week

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 in the hope that now

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 the gales are past

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 that you can put the trampoline up

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 and enjoy that again

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 being out in the good weather.

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 You may have got

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 a paddling pool out this week

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 or something to enjoy

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 because it was so warm.

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 Maybe you bought ice cream

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 to enjoy

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 because that helps

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 to cool you down.

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 But it's amazing

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 the difference

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 the good weather makes.

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 And this week,

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 a couple of times

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 I was out in the castle grounds

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 and you meet a lot

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 of different people

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 out in the castle grounds

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 but this week in particular

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 everybody just seemed

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 so happy.

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 Nobody's head was down

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 into the rain.

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 They were all up

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 all saying good morning

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 or good afternoon.

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 Hello, how are you?

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 Everybody was just so happy.

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 I even bumped into

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 two of our elders

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 in the church here

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 and they were smiling

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 and happy.

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 I know it's hard to believe

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 but yes,

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 they were smiling

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 enjoying themselves

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 out in the sun.

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 It just makes

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 such a difference

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 to people.

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 And then you begin

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 to forget about

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 the winter

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 and the gales

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 and the rain

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 but then they'll

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 come again

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 at some point.

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 But it's good

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 to enjoy

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 the good weather

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 and to have something

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 that makes us happy

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 in these days.

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 But it's a reminder

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 too that it's not

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 just about the weather

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 to make us happy,

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 is it?

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 When we think

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 of what the Bible

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 teaches to us,

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 it reminds us

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 that it's not just

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 about great days

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 of sunshine

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 that we are

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 to be happy

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 but that whatever

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 we experience

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 in life

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 we can be happy

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 in Jesus.

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 That he is the one

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 who gives us

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 through joy

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 and through delight.

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 In John chapter 15,

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 there Jesus is

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 talking to his disciples

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 and talking to us

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 and he's saying

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 to abide in him

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 and to abide in him

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 for a reason.

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 He says

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 in verse 11

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 of that chapter,

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 these things

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 I have spoken

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 to you

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 that my joy

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 may be in you

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 and that your joy

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 may be full.

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 And he's saying

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 that it's not just

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 for sunny days

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 that we are

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 to be full of joy

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 but even the days

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 when it's raining

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 and cold

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 and snowing,

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 we can still know

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 the joy of the Lord

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 and joy to the full.

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 You see,

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 when you know Jesus,

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 that means

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 that you have

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 his joy,

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 his joy in your heart,

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 a joy that passes

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 all understanding

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 as the Bible says,

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 a joy that is inexpressible.

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 We just almost

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 don't know how to show it

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 but it just comes

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 through in us.

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 The sun brings joy

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 out of us

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 but Jesus brings

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 all joy

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 to us

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 and out of us.

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 So may we enjoy

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 him today

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 and every day

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 and may we shine

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 with his joy

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 and his beauty

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 to all around us.

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 So may God bless

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 these thoughts

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 to us.

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 We're going to say

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 the Lord's Prayer

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 together now.

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 Our Father,

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 which art in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day

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 our daily bread

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 and forgive us

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 our debts

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 as we forgive

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 our debtors.

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 And lead us not

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 into temptation

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 but deliver us

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 from evil

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 for thine is the kingdom

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 the power

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 and the glory

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 forever.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to

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 sing again

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 to God's praise

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 now in Psalm 90

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 this time in the

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 Scottish Psalter version.

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 Psalm 90

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 page 349

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 of the Psalm books.

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 And the tune

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 is Arlington.

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 Psalm 90

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 at verse 1

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 we sing down

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 to verse 4.

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 Lord, thou hast

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 been our dwelling

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 place in generations

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 all, before thou ever

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 hadst brought forth

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 the mountains

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 great or small.

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 We'll sing to God's praise

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 verse 1

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 to verse 4.

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 Amen.

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 Lord, thou hast been

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 our dwelling place

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 and generations

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 all, before thou ever

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 hast gone forth,

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 before thou ever

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 hadst brought forth

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 the mountains

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 great or small.

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 earth and all the world

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 and all the world abroad

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 in life from everlasting

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 amaz온 that

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 all.

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 In thy

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 earth for everlasting

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 worth.

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 wurde, the rest of

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 world

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 to everlasting

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 God.

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 And unto them thou sittest again,

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 His sons of men return.

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 Because a thousand years appeared,

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 No more before thy sight.

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 Than yesterday when it is past,

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 Than yesterday when it is past,

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 For thou art now watch by night.

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 And we're going to turn to reading God's word in the Old Testament,

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 And near the end of the Old Testament in the book of Habakkuk.

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 The book of Habakkuk.

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 You'll find this around page 948 in the Bibles.

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 Habakkuk.

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 We're going to read chapter 1 and just into chapter 2, verse 1.

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 Habakkuk chapter 1.

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 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.

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 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,

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 And you will not hear,

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 Or cry to you violence,

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 And you will not save?

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 Why do you make me see iniquity,

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 And why do you idly look at wrong?

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 Destruction and violence are before me,

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 Strife and contention arise,

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 So the law is paralyzed,

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 And justice never goes forth,

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 For the wicked surround the righteous,

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 So justice goes forth perverted.

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 Look among the nations and see,

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 Wonder and be astounded,

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 For I am doing a work in your days,

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 That you would not believe if told.

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 For I am raising up the Chaldeans,

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 That bitter and hasty nation,

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 Who march through the breadth of the earth,

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 To seize dwellings not their own.

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 They are dreaded and fearsome,

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 Their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.

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 Their horses are swifter than leopards,

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 More fierce than the evening wolves.

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 Their horsemen press proudly on,

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 Their horsemen come from afar,

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 They fly like an eagle,

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 Swift to devour.

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 They all come for violence,

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 All their faces forward.

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 They gather captives like sand,

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 At kings they scoff,

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 And at rulers they laugh.

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 They laugh at every fortress,

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 For they pile up earth and take it.

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 Then they sweep by like the wind,

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 And go on,

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 Guilty men,

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 Whose own might is their God.

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 Are you not from everlasting,

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 O Lord my God,

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 My Holy One?

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 We shall not die,

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 O Lord.

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 You have ordained them as judgment,

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 And you, O Rock,

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 Have established them for reproof.

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 You are of purer eyes than to see evil,

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 And cannot look at wrong.

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 Why do you idly look at traitors,

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 And are silent when the wicked swallows up,

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 The man more righteous than he?

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 You make mankind like the fish of the sea,

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 Like crawling things that have no ruler.

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 He brings all of them up with a hook,

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 He drags them out with his net,

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 He gathers them in his dragnet,

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 So he rejoices and is glad.

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 Therefore he sacrifices to his net,

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 And makes offerings to his dragnet,

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 For by them he lives in luxury,

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 And his food is rich.

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 Is he then to keep on emptying his net,

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 And mercilessly killing nations forever?

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 I will take my stand at my watchpost,

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 And station myself on the tower,

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 And look out to see what he will say to me,

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 And what I will answer concerning my complaint.

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 So may God bless that reading from his word.

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 We'll again just unite our hearts in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord our gracious God,

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 May you help us as we open up your word this day,

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 As we read it together,

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 And as we share from it,

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 That your word would minister to our hearts,

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 That you will help us to understand these words,

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 That we are reading and sharing together,

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 That you will help us to apply them to our lives,

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 And to our walk with you,

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 And to our witness to those around us.

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 For we realize that there are many parts in scripture,

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 That may leave us with a sense of wondering,

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 What you are saying to us.

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 Wondering maybe what you were saying to Habakkuk,

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 In his day,

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 And how that might apply to ourselves today.

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 And so help us in our understanding,

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 Lord,

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 To see that you have purposes for all your people down through every generation,

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 And that your way of salvation is always being worked out according to your will,

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 Even when your will goes against what we might pray for or be looking for.

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 We know that you know better,

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 And we pray to have faith in you,

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 To have that trust in you.

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 You have been reminded in the psalm that we sung there,

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 Psalm 90,

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 That a thousand years is like a day with you.

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 It reminds us that,

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 Although we want to see things change immediately and now,

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 That your plans and purposes so often take time to be worked out,

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 But that you have your picture in hand,

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 That you have all things under your control,

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 And that you will work all things according to your purpose.

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 And so,

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 Lord,

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 We pray for your comfort,

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 For your strength,

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 For your help on a daily basis,

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 That we would know your love towards us,

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 That we would know that you have remembered us,

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 And are remembering us constantly,

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 That not a day passes,

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 Lord,

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 When you are not aware of all our different needs.

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 Not a day passes when you are not aware of all that is going on around us.

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 And so,

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 Lord,

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 We come humbly before you.

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 We come acknowledging our own sin and our own frailties,

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 And praying to you,

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 Lord,

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 That you might come and draw near to us,

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 Give us your assurance,

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 Give us your comfort,

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 And give us your peace.

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 We pray that for us all here gathered,

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 Tuning in online,

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 And all around us,

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 Lord,

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 Who need you in particular ways.

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 We pray for those who mourn and grieve.

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 We commit them to your care,

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 And to your keeping,

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 Each one.

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 We know,

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 Lord,

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 That,

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 As we've been reminded in this past week,

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 That change comes upon us so quickly.

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 We are always reminded of it,

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 Lord,

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 Day by day.

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 And yet,

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 Help us to take heed.

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 Help us to see how you speak to us in all of these ways.

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 And your word ministers to us in the midst of it all,

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 Calling us to yourself,

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 To make our calling and election sure.

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 To make it a day when we would run to you.

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 A day we would seek to find you as our refuge,

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 As our help.

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 And so,

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 Lord,

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 We pray to you,

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 To you to surround us all,

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 And especially those with broken hearts at this time.

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 Remember those who are unwell as well,

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 In homes,

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 In hospital,

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 And in their own homes too,

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 Lord.

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 We commit each one to you.

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 Surround them and uphold them,

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 We pray,

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 As only you can.

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 Knowing,

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 Oh Lord,

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 That you have them in your hand as well.

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 That our very lives are in your hand.

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 That you care for us in that way and at each time.

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 So,

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 Lord,

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 Help us so we might take all our cares and our burdens to you.

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 We thank you too,

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 Lord,

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 For the work of the gospel.

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 We thank you for the witness of your church here in our community and far and wide.

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 And we do pray for your church,

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 Lord,

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 That you will build it up.

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 It does not belong to us.

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 It is not ours of our making in any way.

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 It is your church,

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 Your people,

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 Your people that you have bought with a price.

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 And help us to put you first in all things.

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 To seek first the kingdom of God and your righteousness.

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 And that then all things will be added to us.

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 And Lord,

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 We do pray for the word to go out with power.

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 We pray for your spirit to work.

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 In the work and witness of your people,

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 We thank you for all our young people.

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 We commit them to you.

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 We thank you for the youth fellowship,

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 Oh,

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 Lord.

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 And as they meet this evening,

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 May your blessing be upon them and upon Thomas Davis as he comes to speak.

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 We pray there will be an encouragement,

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 an encouraging time together.

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 Remember young people sitting exams just now.

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 As they prepare for them and as they go through them,

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 Lord,

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 That you will give them guidance and help along each step of the way.

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 Remember the free church seminary as well.

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 And the exams taking place there just now.

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 We pray for all the students.

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 Remember Scott as he is away just now,

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 Lord,

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 And pray for him as he comes to his last exam on Tuesday,

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 that you will be with them and uphold them through that and all others who are taking these exams just now as well.

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 We pray for those who are coming to the end of their time in the seminary and will be awaiting calls in these comings months.

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 We pray for your guidance to them,

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 your spirit to make clear to them where you would have them to go.

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 We pray for our presbytery in these days as well.

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 As we look back to our own presbytery meeting this week,

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 we know that Reverend Iamacritchie and Graver has accepted a call to Greyfriars in Inverness.

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 And we pray for him in his preparation to leave a congregation and to begin a new ministry.

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 We thank you for his years of ministry in Graver.

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 And we thank you for all the encouragements and blessings that he has seen.

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 And we do pray for the congregation as they prepare to see him go,

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 that they will remember that you are with them and that it is not any minister's ministry that counts,

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 but the blessing of God.

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 And so we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that you will surround them and uphold them.

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 We pray for Greyfriars as they prepare for a new ministry as well,

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 Lord,

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 that you will encourage and strengthen them.

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 And remember our presbyteries throughout our land,

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 O Lord,

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 where there is weakness,

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 where there is vacancy.

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 We pray,

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 Lord,

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 for your encouragement to each congregation and all your people.

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 Remember our general assembly to take place later on this month as it meets in Edinburgh.

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 We pray for the Reverend Bob Aykroyd as he prepares to come to the end of his time as moderator.

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 And we pray for the Reverend Colin McLeod as he prepares to take that role on,

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 that you will bless him and encourage him as he prepares for that and as he goes on,

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 God willing,

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 in this year ahead.

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 And we see so much around us,

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 Lord,

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 that are so many needs.

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 And we just pray,

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:10.940
 Lord,

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 for your Spirit's help among us,

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 for you to move among us as a people,

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 Lord,

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 to hear our prayers and to help us,

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 Lord,

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 to always pray with that sense of your will be done.

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 Teach us your ways,

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 O Lord,

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 and help us to walk by them.

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 And all we ask,

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 we ask with the forgiveness of all our sins,

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 as we confess them anew before you,

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 in the name of our Lord and Saviour,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 May glory be his.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise

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 before we turn back to our reading in Habakkuk,

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 this time in Psalm 13,

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 page 14 of the Psalm books.

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 Psalm 13.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm,

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 and you'll see the words,

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 especially there in verse 1,

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 they resonate with what we've read in Habakkuk as well.

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 The same question from the psalmist,

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 how long will you forget me,

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 Lord?

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 Will you forget always?

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 How long,

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 Lord,

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 will you hide your face

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 and turn from me your gaze?

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 But then at verse 5,

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 we see the psalmist saying,

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 but still I trust your constant love.

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 You save and set me free.

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 With joy,

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 I will extol the Lord,

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 who has been good to me.

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 Let's sing the whole of this psalm,

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 the tune of St. Kilda.

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 We sing to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 How long will you forget me,

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 Lord?

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 Will you forget always?

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 How long,

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 Lord,

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 will you hide your face

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 and turn from me your gaze?

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 How long must I be sad each day

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 in the perplexity?

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 How long will my opponent stand

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 in triumph over me?

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 O Lord,

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 my God,

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 consider me

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 and give me your reply.

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 Light up my eyes,

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 Lord,

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 I will see

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 the sick of those who die.

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:23.779
 Then would my enemy

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.779
 give them

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:33.940
 at last I made them low.

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:41.779
 And so my foes would sing for joy

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:48.779
 to see my overthrow.

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:51.779
 But still,

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:59.000
 I trust your constant love.

00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:05.779
 You save and set me free.

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:14.779
 With joy I will extol the Lord,

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:21.779
 who has been good to me.

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:27.119
 Well, let's turn back to a reading

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:29.039
 in Habakkuk chapter 1.

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:33.440
 Habakkuk chapter 1.

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:37.039
 You can read at verse 5.

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:40.619
 Look among the nations and see.

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:42.500
 Wonder and be astounded.

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.680
 For I am doing a work in your days

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:47.619
 that you would not believe

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:49.099
 if told.

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.899
 I want us to begin a study

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:55.259
 in Habakkuk today.

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.839
 We're going to look at

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:58.019
 through this book.

00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:00.599
 It seems as you begin to read it

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:02.259
 that there's a lot of despair

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:04.940
 and a lot of hopelessness here

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.519
 as you begin to read

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.700
 into Habakkuk's day

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.299
 and all that was going on.

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.480
 You see that there's

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:13.460
 lots going on around him,

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.779
 both in the sense of

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.200
 nationally,

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.059
 just around him,

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.299
 among his own people.

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.980
 There's a lot going on,

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.980
 many problems.

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.180
 Even internationally,

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:24.019
 there's a lot going on as well.

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:26.259
 A lot that leaves him confused.

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:28.480
 There's corruption and chaos.

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:31.920
 There's war and there's wrongdoing.

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.680
 And it's something that you see

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.579
 again and again

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:37.720
 throughout the Old Testament.

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.900
 You see these times

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:40.019
 when there are things

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.920
 that are going well

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:42.319
 for God's people,

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.839
 but so often you then see

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.960
 it's followed by a time

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.900
 where the tide turns,

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.519
 as it were.

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.900
 And there seems to be

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.639
 nothing good,

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:51.619
 nothing that gives hope

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:53.240
 to God's people.

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.400
 And it's maybe something

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:58.200
 that we see ourselves today as well.

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.400
 We think the tide

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:01.480
 has turned against us.

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.980
 And just like Habakkuk

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.579
 has his questions here,

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.740
 how long, O Lord?

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:08.139
 As the psalmist in Psalm 13

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:10.000
 was, which we were just singing,

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:11.680
 how long, O Lord?

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:13.440
 These are the kind of questions

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:15.980
 that we can have ourselves as well.

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:18.180
 But when you read through

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.360
 the Old Testament

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:20.460
 and when you come to read

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.360
 from the prophets,

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.000
 Habakkuk was a prophet

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.360
 and you've got many other prophets

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.319
 that we read from

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.860
 in the Old Testament,

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:30.079
 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel.

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.779
 There's many of them

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:33.339
 that came from God,

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.420
 were sent by God

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.900
 with a message.

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.339
 Into these situations

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.480
 where there seems to be

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.480
 so much despair,

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:43.779
 God speaks to his people.

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.480
 And he speaks to them

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:48.200
 a message that often begins

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.380
 with a rebuke,

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:51.039
 where they have gone wrong.

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.720
 And there's always a challenge

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.259
 in that,

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.160
 to then show them

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:57.000
 how they can find hope,

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:58.799
 how they can reestablish,

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.240
 as it were,

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:01.519
 their relationship with God

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:03.920
 and that there is that hope.

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.860
 Now, often when you read

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.579
 in the prophets,

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.779
 what you find is

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.880
 God has given the prophet

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.620
 a message.

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.279
 The likes of Isaiah,

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.700
 God gave him a message

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.160
 and Isaiah delivered

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.240
 that message

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:18.080
 to the people around him.

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:19.620
 And that's where we learn

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:21.500
 what God is saying to us.

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:24.799
 But Habakkuk is slightly different.

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.920
 He's a prophet.

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:29.180
 He's got a message from God.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.420
 You see that in verse 1,

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.019
 the oracle,

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.480
 that Habakkuk,

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.580
 the prophet, saw.

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.659
 So he's got something

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:36.480
 to give to the people

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.519
 of his day.

00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:38.659
 He's got something to say

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:40.159
 to ourselves today,

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.220
 as well as a message

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.299
 from God.

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.779
 But the message,

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.199
 as it were,

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.000
 comes across

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:46.539
 in a slightly different way.

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:48.019
 Instead of

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:49.799
 God just speaking

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.519
 to Habakkuk,

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:50.799
 saying,

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:52.339
 tell my people this,

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:54.000
 what you see is

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.519
 it's more of a dialogue

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.799
 between Habakkuk

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.079
 and the Lord himself.

00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:00.000
 And as you're reading

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.599
 through chapter 1 there,

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.500
 you're seeing

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.859
 that there's parts

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:05.899
 where Habakkuk is speaking

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:07.519
 and there's parts

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.679
 where the Lord

00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:09.759
 is speaking to him.

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.619
 And it's through

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:13.000
 this engagement

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.659
 that they have,

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.500
 this conversation

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.519
 that they have,

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.179
 that we learn

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.839
 and the people

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.240
 in Habakkuk's day

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.980
 learned as well.

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:23.919
 In all that is wrong,

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:26.439
 he is looking for hope

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:27.819
 and he is looking for help.

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:29.699
 In the midst of it.

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.480
 And what you find

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.419
 as you go through

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.659
 Habakkuk, the book,

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.679
 and what we want to see

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:36.779
 in our study is

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.899
 that in the midst

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.720
 of all that is

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.839
 maybe hard for us

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.419
 to read,

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.559
 all that seems

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.559
 so hopeless

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:44.299
 in so many different ways,

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.139
 that there are gems

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:47.240
 for us to find.

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.220
 There are gems

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:51.379
 for us to find.

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.919
 Panning for gold

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:55.379
 has been something

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.579
 that people have done

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:59.299
 for hundreds of years.

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.960
 There have been gold rushes

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.659
 in America,

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.939
 in Australia,

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:06.339
 even here in Scotland.

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.879
 There's been times

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.679
 when people have gone

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:10.480
 hunting and finding gold,

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:12.159
 not in huge quantities.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.019
 But to this day,

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:15.659
 people still spend

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.460
 a lot of time

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:18.619
 taking time to go out

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:20.079
 and go into streams

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.799
 and digging into the earth,

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.799
 sifting through mud

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.740
 and stones,

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.599
 panning as it is called,

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.119
 using like a sieve

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.579
 to clean the earth,

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.759
 to clean the dirt away

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.139
 in the hope of finding

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:34.879
 just a little bit of gold.

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:37.220
 Why, you ask,

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.039
 would they do that?

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.279
 Why would they spend

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.059
 so much time doing that?

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.919
 Well, it's because

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:43.940
 gold is precious.

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.539
 Even a small quantity,

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:48.539
 even an ounce of gold,

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.980
 is worth up to

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.619
 around 2,000 pounds.

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:53.779
 So that's why people spend

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.959
 so much time

00:32:54.959 --> 00:32:56.839
 looking for gold.

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.059
 And for ourselves,

00:32:59.179 --> 00:33:01.500
 as we come to God's Word,

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.459
 it's a little like that

00:33:02.459 --> 00:33:04.019
 panning for gold.

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.879
 We're going through,

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.019
 for example,

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.979
 this letter of,

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.500
 this book of Habakkuk,

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.500
 and we're looking through

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:13.359
 all that seems to leave us

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.739
 thinking,

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:16.459
 what good is there here for us?

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.299
 But to go through it

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.459
 and sift our way through

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.640
 and see that there are nuggets

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:22.840
 of gold in here.

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.539
 Nuggets of gold

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:26.240
 that Habakkuk was given

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:28.039
 to share with the people then

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:30.200
 and to share with ourselves.

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:32.400
 And there's five nuggets

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.660
 I want us to see

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:35.620
 as we study through this book.

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:37.240
 Five different studies

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.000
 we're going to have

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:40.400
 looking at five different nuggets

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.880
 of gold, as it were.

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.759
 And the first one we have

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.759
 is verse 5

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:46.700
 here in chapter 1.

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:48.360
 And at first glance,

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.480
 it may seem

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.680
 a little

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.319
 out of the way

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.420
 when we start to look

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.319
 into chapter 1.

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.559
 How is there gold?

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:57.039
 How is there something precious

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.900
 in the midst of this?

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.080
 But we'll go through it today

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.580
 and look at it

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:01.860
 in three different ways.

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:04.019
 In chapter 1,

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:05.880
 verse 1 to 12 in particular,

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.860
 we have first

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:09.019
 a sense of confusion.

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.019
 Then secondly,

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:13.139
 we have a mysterious providence.

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.839
 And then thirdly,

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.500
 we're going to see

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:17.480
 a warm embrace.

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.099
 And we begin

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.440
 with a sense

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.159
 of confusion.

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:25.400
 Verse 5 says to us,

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.839
 Look among the nations

00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:27.359
 and see.

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.839
 Wonder and be astounded,

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.819
 for I am doing

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:31.659
 a work in your days

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.879
 that you would not believe

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:34.039
 if told.

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:35.679
 Where does this come from?

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:37.279
 This has come

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:38.339
 from God

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:39.619
 to Habakkuk.

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.920
 And it's come

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:42.280
 as a result of

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.720
 Habakkuk's complaint

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.860
 as we see

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.740
 in verse 2

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:47.400
 to verse 4.

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.599
 And it's in these

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.700
 verses 2 to 4

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.200
 that we see

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.880
 this sense

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.780
 of confusion

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:54.180
 that Habakkuk has.

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.900
 Have you ever

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.039
 complained?

00:34:59.220 --> 00:35:00.559
 I'm sure we've all

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.380
 complained

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.760
 about different things

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.139
 at different times.

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.539
 And especially

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.579
 when it comes

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:08.159
 to time

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:10.019
 and to how long

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.739
 something is taking.

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.579
 How long

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.780
 until the food

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.340
 will be ready?

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.280
 How long

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.860
 until we get there?

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.759
 How long

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:22.039
 are you going to take

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.719
 to be ready?

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.420
 How long

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.579
 is this parcel

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.239
 going to take

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.780
 to arrive?

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.940
 We have all these

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.960
 complaints

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.940
 that we make.

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.199
 Complaints

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:33.039
 surrounding time.

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.420
 How long?

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.599
 But have you ever

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.340
 complained

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.460
 to God

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.519
 in that way?

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.880
 How long

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.280
 Lord?

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.300
 Well that is

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.940
 the complaint

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.119
 that we see

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.019
 from Habakkuk.

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.179
 In verse 2

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.659
 Oh Lord

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.880
 how long

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.860
 shall I cry

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.500
 for help

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.460
 and you will not hear?

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.780
 Or cry

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.880
 to your violence

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:55.579
 and you will not save?

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.519
 How long

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.900
 will it take?

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.119
 Psalm 13

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.760
 was the same.

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 How long

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.780
 will you forget

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.480
 me Lord?

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:05.099
 Will you forget

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.400
 me?

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.340
 Always.

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:08.900
 Habakkuk

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:10.480
 wasn't directing

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.380
 what God

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.320
 was saying

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.660
 to him

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.519
 straight to the

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.000
 people.

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.420
 Habakkuk

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.320
 was engaging

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.760
 with God

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 and he does

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.220
 this

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:21.640
 first of all

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.460
 with this

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 complaint

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:24.519
 with this

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 groaning

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.579
 towards

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.360
 God

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.720
 in the midst

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.340
 of all

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.260
 that is happening

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:32.059
 around him

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.140
 nationally

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:34.279
 but also

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:35.619
 internationally

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.259
 as well

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.699
 as we will

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.299
 see as you

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.719
 go on

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.259
 and we see

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:39.400
 the Chaldeans

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:40.559
 or the Babylonians

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.219
 as they're known

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 as well

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:43.879
 a people

00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:44.460
 who were

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.119
 surrounding them

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.500
 who would be

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.019
 their enemies

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 for a time

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 as he's got

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 all of these

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.719
 things going on

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:52.159
 he cries out

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 asking God

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 are you going

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 to ignore this?

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.440
 How long

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.799
 Lord

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:59.000
 will I cry

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.719
 for help

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.699
 and you

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.480
 will not

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.159
 hear?

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:03.980
 What's

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.599
 happening?

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:05.939
 What's

00:37:05.939 --> 00:37:06.399
 happening

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:07.019
 here

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:08.439
 in Habakkuk's

00:37:08.439 --> 00:37:08.599
 day?

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.619
 Well a writer

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.239
 put it like

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.599
 this

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.859
 Habakkuk

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 the society

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.539
 around Habakkuk

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.379
 is tearing

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:15.559
 itself apart

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 and when you

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 read through

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:20.199
 verse 2

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.759
 to 4

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 there you

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 see just

00:37:21.939 --> 00:37:22.299
 how

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.139
 it is

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.619
 tearing

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.179
 itself

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.759
 apart

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 I cry

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 to you

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 violence

00:37:28.220 --> 00:37:28.760
 and you

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.440
 will not

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 save

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.520
 violence

00:37:30.520 --> 00:37:31.040
 there

00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:31.380
 means

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.520
 chaos

00:37:32.520 --> 00:37:32.780
 and

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 just

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 people

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.540
 willfully

00:37:34.540 --> 00:37:35.100
 damaging

00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:35.800
 and taking

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.140
 other people's

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.700
 property

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:39.660
 and livelihoods

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 there's all

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 this chaos

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:42.560
 all around

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 verse 3

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 he says

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 to him

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.360
 why do you

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.800
 make me

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 see

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.440
 iniquity?

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.280
 Why am I

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.860
 living in a

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.360
 day where I'm

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 seeing so much

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:53.240
 that is against

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:54.720
 your cause?

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.740
 so much

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.080
 that is

00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:56.940
 morally

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.520
 wrong

00:37:57.520 --> 00:37:58.780
 so much

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.040
 that we

00:37:59.040 --> 00:37:59.680
 see people

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.220
 calling

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:01.080
 right

00:38:01.080 --> 00:38:01.540
 wrong

00:38:01.540 --> 00:38:02.180
 and wrong

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:03.040
 right

00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:04.820
 his complaint

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.420
 is saying

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.140
 to God

00:38:06.140 --> 00:38:07.540
 why don't

00:38:07.540 --> 00:38:08.360
 you care?

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.820
 Are you not

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.480
 concerned

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.620
 with all

00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:11.980
 that is

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.560
 happening

00:38:12.560 --> 00:38:14.080
 around us?

00:38:15.540 --> 00:38:16.060
 Why do

00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:16.620
 you look

00:38:16.620 --> 00:38:17.420
 he says

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.700
 in verse

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.500
 3 there

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 and look

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:20.900
 idly

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.980
 at wrong?

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.760
 Why are you

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.220
 looking and

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.920
 not doing

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.840
 anything

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.340
 about this?

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.860
 This is

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.800
 the complaint

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:30.380
 that Habakkuk

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.940
 has

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:32.940
 and is

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.300
 that a

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.880
 complaint

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.860
 that we

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.440
 might have

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.320
 against God

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.840
 today?

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.940
 Do you

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.900
 feel like

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.720
 that towards

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.240
 God

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:40.840
 today?

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.360
 Like we

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:42.820
 are in a

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.260
 day as

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:44.400
 never before

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.740
 when we

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.300
 look around

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.659
 us and

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.599
 see all

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:46.980
 that is

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.400
 wrong?

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.500
 When we

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.360
 are confused

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:50.280
 by everything

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:50.960
 that's

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.760
 taking place

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.360
 in life

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:53.420
 whether it's

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.700
 in our

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.460
 own lives

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.680
 lives of

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.340
 our community

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:57.120
 around us

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.660
 life in

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.200
 our nation

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:59.180
 life in

00:38:59.180 --> 00:38:59.740
 the world

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.480
 when there

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.220
 is so much

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:01.780
 wrong we

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.360
 see it

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.120
 again and

00:39:03.120 --> 00:39:03.559
 again

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.960
 we see

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.700
 tragedy

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.640
 we see

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.240
 murder

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:08.160
 we see

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:09.000
 political

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.620
 and society

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:11.780
 chaos

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:13.019
 we see

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:14.059
 confusion

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:15.780
 confusion

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.600
 in gender

00:39:16.600 --> 00:39:17.340
 confusion

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.519
 in marriage

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.620
 we see

00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:20.420
 greed

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:20.860
 we see

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.600
 poverty

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:22.440
 and they're

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.060
 next door

00:39:23.060 --> 00:39:23.519
 to each

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.700
 other

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.100
 we see

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:24.660
 all of

00:39:24.660 --> 00:39:24.920
 these

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.460
 things

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.519
 we see

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.700
 it on

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.160
 a daily

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:27.800
 basis

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:30.040
 that's

00:39:30.040 --> 00:39:30.519
 the same

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.860
 as Habakkuk

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.460
 was seeing

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.120
 as well

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:35.600
 there are

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:36.320
 times

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:37.100
 again

00:39:37.100 --> 00:39:37.880
 and again

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.760
 when we

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.240
 see

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:40.120
 just like

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.920
 Habakkuk's

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.140
 day

00:39:41.140 --> 00:39:41.960
 that was

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.600
 repeated

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:43.340
 again

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:43.860
 and again

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.220
 as you go

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.580
 into the

00:39:44.580 --> 00:39:45.300
 New Testament

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:46.280
 as you look

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:47.160
 down through

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:48.380
 the generations

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.460
 you see it

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.140
 happening

00:39:50.140 --> 00:39:51.340
 again and

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.780
 again

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:54.500
 and the

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.240
 cry of

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.720
 God's

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:56.460
 people can

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.840
 be the

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.300
 same

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.460
 why

00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:00.620
 how long

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:01.600
 oh Lord

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:02.039
 are we going

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.580
 to cry

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:03.340
 for help

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:04.180
 and you

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:04.740
 will not

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.039
 hear

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.640
 we cry

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.060
 as if

00:40:06.060 --> 00:40:06.460
 God

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:07.600
 is ignoring

00:40:07.600 --> 00:40:08.060
 it all

00:40:08.060 --> 00:40:09.019
 we complain

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:10.180
 against

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.720
 God

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:12.060
 and when

00:40:12.060 --> 00:40:12.380
 you look

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.220
 at verse

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:14.340
 4 you see

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:15.180
 what was it

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.739
 the heart

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:16.199
 of all

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.579
 that was

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:16.960
 wrong

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.319
 in his

00:40:17.319 --> 00:40:17.659
 day

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:19.599
 the law

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.480
 is

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.079
 paralyzed

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:23.079
 and justice

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.940
 never

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.940
 goes

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.719
 forth

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:27.879
 the law

00:40:27.879 --> 00:40:28.519
 the word

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.219
 of God

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:30.500
 was paralyzed

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:32.039
 we need a

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.719
 standard

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:34.000
 to work

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.339
 from

00:40:34.339 --> 00:40:35.539
 when you

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.039
 think of

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:37.239
 manufacturing

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:38.319
 there's always

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:39.219
 a standard

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:40.159
 that things

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.739
 have to be

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:41.179
 made

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.599
 to

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:43.179
 if they're

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.579
 not

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.039
 they will

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.500
 not be

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.119
 safe

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:47.880
 things are

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.799
 stamped

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:50.719
 marked

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.719
 as in

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.059
 they've

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.619
 passed

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.599
 the test

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:53.860
 they've

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.279
 passed

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:55.440
 the standard

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.980
 but we

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.619
 find that

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.360
 people try

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:58.960
 to find a

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.559
 way around

00:40:59.559 --> 00:40:59.940
 that

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:01.039
 people find

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.739
 a way to

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.519
 cheat these

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:02.860
 things

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.179
 but it

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:04.179
 often costs

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.860
 dearly

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.960
 it often

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.739
 costs in

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.139
 so many

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:08.099
 different

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.480
 ways

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.900
 we try

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.380
 and find

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.699
 a way

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.119
 around

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.719
 things

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.599
 and that's

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:11.840
 what's

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.240
 happening

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.539
 here

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.099
 the law

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.679
 is

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.260
 paralyzed

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:16.059
 the standards

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.740
 that they were

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:17.740
 working to

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.460
 and from

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.159
 are being

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:20.000
 put away

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.000
 to find

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:22.139
 another way

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.820
 of life

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.940
 another way

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.500
 of living

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:26.219
 and when

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:27.099
 that fails

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.619
 when we move

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.000
 away

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.240
 from God's

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.780
 ideal

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.519
 to our

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.320
 own ideas

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.519
 what comes

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.780
 chaos

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:35.559
 and clashes

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.900
 ensue

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:38.820
 look at

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.900
 this week

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.019
 look at

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.740
 the fear

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.660
 of the

00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:43.260
 prospect

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.820
 of our

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.240
 nation

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.840
 having a

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.340
 Christian

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:46.380
 first minister

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:48.019
 you think

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.440
 to yourself

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.860
 how could

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.440
 we come

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.180
 to this

00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:50.639
 point

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.800
 where

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.599
 the immediate

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.280
 reaction

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:54.500
 is to try

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.660
 and paralyze

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.019
 that

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:57.260
 to stop

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:57.579
 that

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:58.240
 we can't

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:59.039
 have her

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.860
 she's a

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.360
 Christian

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.960
 she's going

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.260
 to take

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.039
 us backwards

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:03.180
 we've got

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:04.280
 to paralyze

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.460
 this

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:04.720
 we've got

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:05.380
 to stop

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.920
 this

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:08.059
 the law

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.039
 is to be

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.539
 paralyzed

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.059
 but what

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.639
 people are

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.099
 saying

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.460
 in that

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.680
 is

00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:12.340
 we will

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.960
 not have

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.460
 God

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:14.200
 rule over

00:42:14.200 --> 00:42:14.680
 us

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:15.880
 we will

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.280
 not have

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:16.840
 God's

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.200
 word

00:42:17.200 --> 00:42:18.260
 as our

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:18.980
 standard

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:20.019
 and Christ

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.840
 is pushed

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.400
 out

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:22.880
 and we go

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.400
 on in

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.860
 chaos

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.519
 blindly

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.320
 continuing

00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:26.220
 in chaos

00:42:26.220 --> 00:42:26.639
 but they'll

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.119
 call it

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.820
 progress

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:30.280
 and we

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.880
 see it

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.639
 all

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:32.900
 around us

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.099
 and we

00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:33.539
 can have

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:34.220
 that same

00:42:34.220 --> 00:42:34.639
 cry

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.819
 how long

00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:36.859
 oh Lord

00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.659
 will you

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:38.279
 not hear

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:38.500
 us

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.059
 how long

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.400
 will you

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.739
 look

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.579
 and do

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.039
 nothing

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.579
 in these

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.400
 situations

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:44.819
 is this

00:42:44.819 --> 00:42:45.619
 a cry

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:45.940
 and a

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.519
 complaint

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.259
 without

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.900
 hope

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.359
 from

00:42:48.359 --> 00:42:49.059
 Habakkuk

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:51.000
 well it's

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.480
 not

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:53.379
 it's a

00:42:53.379 --> 00:42:53.960
 pleading

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.900
 with

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.379
 God

00:42:55.379 --> 00:42:56.599
 his

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.099
 prayer

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:58.279
 may not

00:42:58.279 --> 00:42:58.559
 have been

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.000
 answered

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.339
 the way

00:42:59.339 --> 00:42:59.779
 he might

00:42:59.779 --> 00:42:59.920
 have

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.559
 expected

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:00.739
 it

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.279
 or wanted

00:43:01.279 --> 00:43:01.579
 it

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.940
 but he's

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.159
 not

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:03.519
 turning

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.940
 away

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:05.319
 he's

00:43:05.319 --> 00:43:05.679
 pleading

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:06.179
 all the

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.500
 more

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.819
 with

00:43:06.819 --> 00:43:07.219
 God

00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:07.980
 to hear

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.319
 and to

00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:08.799
 come

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.860
 and to

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.440
 act

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:12.319
 but there's

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:13.019
 a sense

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:14.639
 of confusion

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:16.179
 there's a

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:16.679
 sense of

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:16.880
 not

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.799
 understanding

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.940
 just why

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.519
 all this

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.159
 is happening

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:20.500
 and that

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.259
 can be ours

00:43:21.259 --> 00:43:22.340
 today as

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.599
 well

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:22.960
 we don't

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.799
 understand

00:43:23.799 --> 00:43:24.599
 many

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.279
 things

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:26.179
 we will

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:26.779
 ask how

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:27.199
 long

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:27.860
 we will

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.299
 ask

00:43:28.299 --> 00:43:28.960
 why

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:30.539
 but if

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:30.659
 we

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:31.139
 understood

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.699
 everything

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.500
 we wouldn't

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.740
 need

00:43:32.740 --> 00:43:33.320
 faith

00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:35.720
 and what

00:43:35.720 --> 00:43:36.159
 Habakkuk

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:36.659
 is showing

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.199
 us here

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:37.460
 is that

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.000
 we still

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.340
 need

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:39.159
 to be

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.800
 a people

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.480
 of faith

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.220
 even in

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.679
 the midst

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.019
 of the

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.679
 confusion

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:43.019
 that we

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.679
 can feel

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.659
 in all

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.199
 that leaves

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.440
 us

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.139
 devastated

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:46.659
 worried

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.519
 and fearful

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.480
 for all

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:48.720
 that's

00:43:48.720 --> 00:43:49.320
 going on

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:50.079
 around

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.579
 us

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:51.760
 so his

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:52.340
 cry

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:53.000
 his

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.599
 complaint

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.240
 has a

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:54.579
 sense

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.780
 of

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:55.500
 confusion

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.420
 and he's

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.780
 asking

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.659
 how long

00:43:57.659 --> 00:43:58.679
 will this

00:43:58.679 --> 00:43:59.259
 go on

00:43:59.259 --> 00:43:59.599
 Lord

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:00.319
 will you

00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:00.599
 not

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.000
 do

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.659
 something

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:03.219
 well the

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:03.739
 second thing

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:04.199
 we see

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:05.239
 is a

00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:05.779
 mysterious

00:44:05.779 --> 00:44:06.859
 providence

00:44:06.859 --> 00:44:08.079
 in the

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.539
 Lord's

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.019
 answer

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.779
 in verse

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.299
 five

00:44:10.299 --> 00:44:10.940
 onwards

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:12.799
 Habakkuk's

00:44:12.799 --> 00:44:13.299
 problem

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:13.759
 was not

00:44:13.759 --> 00:44:14.339
 so much

00:44:14.339 --> 00:44:15.000
 what was

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.500
 happening

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:16.000
 what people

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.420
 were doing

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.239
 around him

00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:18.139
 it was

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:18.599
 more what

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:18.980
 God

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.739
 wasn't

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:20.179
 doing

00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:21.559
 that God

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.199
 wasn't

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.940
 doing

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.599
 anything

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:25.099
 but is

00:44:25.099 --> 00:44:25.639
 God

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:26.440
 inactive

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:28.039
 in Habakkuk's

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:28.659
 situation

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.200
 here

00:44:29.200 --> 00:44:29.880
 and we

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.539
 ask ourselves

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.099
 is God

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:31.579
 inactive

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.340
 in our

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.659
 days

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:32.980
 he not

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:33.320
 doing

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:33.800
 anything

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:34.740
 in our

00:44:34.740 --> 00:44:34.940
 day

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.300
 at our

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:35.880
 prayers

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.780
 not being

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:37.440
 answered

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.860
 well look at

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.760
 the response

00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:41.159
 that God

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.659
 gives

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.920
 to Habakkuk

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:43.340
 in verse

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:43.740
 five

00:44:43.740 --> 00:44:44.820
 look he

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.220
 says

00:44:45.220 --> 00:44:46.079
 look among

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.720
 the nations

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:47.280
 and see

00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:48.539
 wonder and

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.340
 be astounded

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.820
 for I am

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:50.240
 doing a

00:44:50.240 --> 00:44:50.740
 work in

00:44:50.740 --> 00:44:51.360
 your days

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:52.240
 that you

00:44:52.240 --> 00:44:52.619
 would not

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.320
 believe

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:54.640
 if told

00:44:54.640 --> 00:44:57.960
 this is

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.580
 the nugget

00:44:58.580 --> 00:44:59.440
 that we're

00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:00.059
 looking for

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.519
 today

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:01.800
 this is

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.100
 something

00:45:02.100 --> 00:45:02.600
 precious

00:45:02.600 --> 00:45:03.680
 that we're

00:45:03.680 --> 00:45:04.240
 looking at

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:04.740
 today

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.120
 but it

00:45:05.120 --> 00:45:05.539
 may not

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.900
 seem

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.780
 as a

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.000
 great

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.600
 comfort

00:45:07.600 --> 00:45:08.260
 immediately

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:08.760
 as we

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:09.120
 look at

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.340
 it

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:10.680
 this is

00:45:10.680 --> 00:45:11.580
 the Lord's

00:45:11.580 --> 00:45:12.200
 response

00:45:12.200 --> 00:45:13.440
 to Habakkuk's

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:13.940
 claim that

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:14.460
 God was

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:14.800
 doing

00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:15.700
 nothing

00:45:15.700 --> 00:45:17.800
 but he

00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:18.059
 says

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:18.420
 look

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.680
 I am

00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:20.140
 doing a

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.680
 work

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:21.559
 in your

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.140
 days

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:23.980
 what work

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.759
 is he

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:25.099
 doing

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:26.239
 how

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:26.819
 are

00:45:26.819 --> 00:45:27.239
 things

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:27.519
 going

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:27.699
 to

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:28.420
 change

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:29.059
 in

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:29.799
 Habakkuk's

00:45:29.799 --> 00:45:29.940
 day

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.179
 and you

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:30.679
 can begin

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:31.079
 to maybe

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.639
 feel a

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:32.179
 sense of

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.900
 anticipation

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:33.920
 for

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.579
 Habakkuk

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:35.739
 the Lord

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.099
 is saying

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:36.500
 no I

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:36.679
 am

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.359
 taking

00:45:37.359 --> 00:45:37.879
 action

00:45:37.879 --> 00:45:38.739
 there's

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:39.339
 this sense

00:45:39.339 --> 00:45:39.619
 of

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:40.739
 excitement

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:41.119
 maybe

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.319
 in

00:45:41.319 --> 00:45:41.799
 Habakkuk

00:45:41.799 --> 00:45:42.219
 building

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:42.920
 what's

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:43.019
 he

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.279
 going

00:45:43.279 --> 00:45:43.539
 to

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:43.879
 do

00:45:43.879 --> 00:45:44.719
 is

00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:44.920
 this

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:45.119
 going

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.319
 to be

00:45:45.319 --> 00:45:45.480
 the

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:45.839
 answer

00:45:45.839 --> 00:45:46.239
 as we

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:46.859
 think

00:45:46.859 --> 00:45:47.159
 of a

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.460
 prayer

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:47.739
 in the

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:47.940
 New

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:48.420
 Testament

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:48.819
 that the

00:45:48.819 --> 00:45:49.039
 Lord

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.219
 is

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:49.379
 going

00:45:49.379 --> 00:45:49.659
 to do

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.679
 abundantly

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.059
 more

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.400
 than we

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:51.779
 ask

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:52.480
 or imagine

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:54.040
 when there's

00:45:54.040 --> 00:45:54.720
 this sense

00:45:54.720 --> 00:45:55.320
 of you

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:55.700
 would not

00:45:55.700 --> 00:45:56.380
 believe it

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:57.100
 if told

00:45:57.100 --> 00:45:57.680
 what is

00:45:57.680 --> 00:45:57.940
 it that

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.300
 is going

00:45:58.300 --> 00:45:59.160
 to come

00:45:59.160 --> 00:46:00.420
 is the

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:00.960
 Lord going

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:02.200
 to change

00:46:02.200 --> 00:46:03.100
 this turmoil

00:46:03.100 --> 00:46:03.980
 into peace

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:05.240
 is he going

00:46:05.240 --> 00:46:05.720
 to bring

00:46:05.720 --> 00:46:06.340
 prosperity

00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:07.380
 and praise

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:08.140
 of the

00:46:08.140 --> 00:46:08.780
 Lord once

00:46:08.780 --> 00:46:09.100
 again

00:46:09.100 --> 00:46:09.540
 is he going

00:46:09.540 --> 00:46:10.000
 to bring

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.980
 revival

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:12.240
 is he going

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:12.740
 to deal

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.260
 with all

00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:13.780
 the enemies

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:14.420
 that surround

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:14.960
 them

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:17.320
 Habakkuk

00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:17.620
 and the

00:46:17.620 --> 00:46:17.940
 people

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.160
 will be

00:46:18.160 --> 00:46:18.620
 waiting

00:46:18.620 --> 00:46:19.300
 with a

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:19.620
 sense

00:46:19.620 --> 00:46:19.800
 of

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.540
 anticipation

00:46:20.540 --> 00:46:21.200
 and excitement

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:21.960
 what is

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:22.419
 God

00:46:22.419 --> 00:46:23.039
 going

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:23.619
 to do

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:24.960
 well the

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.339
 answer

00:46:25.339 --> 00:46:26.079
 is shocking

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.719
 the answer

00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:28.039
 is in many

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.579
 ways this

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:29.239
 mysterious

00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:30.399
 providence

00:46:30.399 --> 00:46:33.279
 look at what

00:46:33.279 --> 00:46:33.679
 the Lord

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:34.259
 says

00:46:34.259 --> 00:46:35.159
 in verse 6

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.799
 for behold

00:46:35.799 --> 00:46:36.699
 I am

00:46:36.699 --> 00:46:37.439
 raising up

00:46:37.439 --> 00:46:38.299
 the Chaldeans

00:46:38.299 --> 00:46:38.939
 also known

00:46:38.939 --> 00:46:39.359
 as the

00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:40.299
 Babylonians

00:46:40.299 --> 00:46:41.659
 that bitter

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:43.279
 and hasty

00:46:43.279 --> 00:46:44.179
 nation

00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:45.679
 and as you

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:46.199
 read down

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:47.099
 three these

00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:47.859
 verses down

00:46:47.859 --> 00:46:48.639
 to verse 11

00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:49.219
 you see

00:46:49.219 --> 00:46:50.259
 this is not

00:46:50.259 --> 00:46:50.940
 the answer

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:52.019
 that Habakkuk

00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:52.279
 would have

00:46:52.279 --> 00:46:53.139
 been expecting

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:54.420
 or wanting

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:56.779
 I am doing

00:46:56.779 --> 00:46:58.099
 a work

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:59.039
 that you would

00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.779
 not believe

00:46:59.779 --> 00:47:00.719
 if I told

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:02.719
 but hold on

00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:03.000
 Lord

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:04.239
 you're sending

00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:05.079
 the Chaldeans

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.739
 you're sending

00:47:05.739 --> 00:47:07.400
 this Babylonian

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:07.839
 army

00:47:07.839 --> 00:47:08.579
 this enemy

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:09.079
 of ours

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:09.679
 you're sending

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:10.039
 them

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:11.739
 whose might

00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:12.559
 is their God

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:13.199
 as it says

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:13.960
 in verse 11

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:15.139
 you're sending

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:15.559
 them

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:16.679
 how can

00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:17.380
 any good

00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:18.340
 come from

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:18.679
 this

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.320
 how can

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:19.779
 this be

00:47:19.779 --> 00:47:20.159
 what you

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:20.579
 want

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:21.539
 for us

00:47:21.539 --> 00:47:23.940
 well it's

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.539
 because we

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:25.779
 expect God

00:47:25.779 --> 00:47:26.759
 to work

00:47:26.759 --> 00:47:27.420
 in the ways

00:47:27.420 --> 00:47:27.860
 that we

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.320
 want

00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:30.119
 but sometimes

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:31.219
 God works

00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:32.380
 in different

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:32.880
 ways

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:34.559
 God works

00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:35.820
 in mysterious

00:47:35.820 --> 00:47:36.579
 ways

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:37.960
 God works

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:38.480
 in the ways

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:39.320
 of providence

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:40.239
 that we

00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:40.699
 cannot

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:41.980
 understand

00:47:41.980 --> 00:47:44.840
 God brings

00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:45.599
 times

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:47.000
 of chaos

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:49.000
 God brings

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.599
 times

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:51.059
 of judgment

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:52.659
 God's

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:52.980
 goodness

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:53.539
 is not

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:54.199
 just seen

00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:55.059
 in days

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.840
 of revival

00:47:55.840 --> 00:47:56.760
 God's

00:47:56.760 --> 00:47:57.019
 goodness

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:57.480
 is not

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:58.099
 just seen

00:47:58.099 --> 00:47:58.679
 in days

00:47:58.679 --> 00:47:59.340
 of blessing

00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:00.719
 we can

00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:01.360
 still see

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:01.940
 God's

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:02.320
 goodness

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:03.119
 in the midst

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:03.519
 of his

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:04.059
 judgment

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:05.320
 in the midst

00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:05.659
 of his

00:48:05.659 --> 00:48:06.420
 speaking to

00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:06.699
 us

00:48:06.699 --> 00:48:07.519
 in these

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:08.579
 powerful ways

00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:09.179
 in the midst

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:10.059
 of many

00:48:10.059 --> 00:48:10.760
 things that

00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:11.139
 we see

00:48:11.139 --> 00:48:11.599
 going on

00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:12.279
 around us

00:48:12.279 --> 00:48:12.699
 today

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:14.440
 the tragedies

00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:15.279
 the wars

00:48:15.279 --> 00:48:16.199
 the pandemics

00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:17.440
 the chaos

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:17.799
 that is

00:48:17.799 --> 00:48:18.719
 always there

00:48:18.719 --> 00:48:19.900
 can we not

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:20.420
 see that

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:21.480
 God is

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:22.259
 still working

00:48:22.259 --> 00:48:23.400
 in the midst

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:24.119
 of that

00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:25.980
 you see a little

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.539
 of that in

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:27.259
 verse 12

00:48:27.259 --> 00:48:28.400
 as Habakkuk

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:29.139
 replies

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:29.739
 are you not

00:48:29.739 --> 00:48:30.539
 from everlasting

00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:31.099
 O Lord

00:48:31.099 --> 00:48:31.739
 my God

00:48:31.739 --> 00:48:32.859
 we shall not

00:48:32.859 --> 00:48:33.659
 die O Lord

00:48:33.659 --> 00:48:33.980
 you have

00:48:33.980 --> 00:48:34.819
 ordained them

00:48:34.819 --> 00:48:35.739
 as a judgment

00:48:35.739 --> 00:48:37.579
 you have brought

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:39.019
 them upon us

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.960
 for judgment

00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:41.079
 and there

00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:41.760
 are times

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:42.460
 when God

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:43.199
 will bring

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:43.740
 judgment

00:48:43.740 --> 00:48:44.199
 on his

00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:44.740
 people

00:48:44.740 --> 00:48:46.480
 and we

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:47.079
 don't see

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:47.539
 it as the

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:48.179
 answer to

00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:48.679
 prayer

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:49.480
 and yet

00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:50.000
 God

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:51.059
 can use

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.460
 even the

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:51.920
 darkest

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:52.740
 of days

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:53.800
 to bring

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.260
 glory

00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:55.159
 to himself

00:48:55.159 --> 00:48:57.480
 William Cooper

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:59.039
 the hymn

00:48:59.039 --> 00:48:59.340
 writer

00:48:59.340 --> 00:48:59.679
 in the

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.920
 1700s

00:49:00.920 --> 00:49:01.340
 he wrote

00:49:01.340 --> 00:49:02.240
 many different

00:49:02.240 --> 00:49:02.679
 hymns

00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:03.300
 but so many

00:49:03.300 --> 00:49:03.579
 of them

00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:04.059
 were written

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:05.420
 in the midst

00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:06.159
 of his own

00:49:06.159 --> 00:49:07.099
 suffering

00:49:07.099 --> 00:49:07.579
 in life

00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:08.179
 he suffered

00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:09.019
 great periods

00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:10.299
 of depression

00:49:10.299 --> 00:49:10.860
 and very

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:12.159
 dark times

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:13.360
 and the

00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:14.219
 last hymn

00:49:14.219 --> 00:49:15.339
 that he wrote

00:49:15.339 --> 00:49:15.900
 maybe one

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:16.759
 you've heard

00:49:16.759 --> 00:49:16.920
 of

00:49:16.920 --> 00:49:17.539
 you're familiar

00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:17.960
 with

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:19.360
 God moves

00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:20.739
 in mysterious

00:49:20.739 --> 00:49:21.679
 ways

00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:23.339
 and he wrote

00:49:23.339 --> 00:49:23.900
 in that hymn

00:49:23.900 --> 00:49:24.199
 he wrote

00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:24.839
 some of the

00:49:24.839 --> 00:49:25.099
 verses

00:49:25.099 --> 00:49:25.619
 that said

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:25.860
 this

00:49:25.860 --> 00:49:26.539
 God moves

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:27.139
 in mysterious

00:49:27.139 --> 00:49:27.819
 ways

00:49:27.819 --> 00:49:28.900
 his wonders

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:29.860
 to perform

00:49:29.860 --> 00:49:31.019
 he plants

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:31.679
 his footsteps

00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:32.739
 in the seas

00:49:32.739 --> 00:49:33.380
 and rides

00:49:33.380 --> 00:49:34.480
 upon the storm

00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:36.619
 judge not

00:49:36.619 --> 00:49:37.179
 the Lord

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:38.079
 by feeble

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:38.659
 sense

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.539
 but trust

00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:39.780
 him

00:49:39.780 --> 00:49:40.699
 for his

00:49:40.699 --> 00:49:41.179
 grace

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:42.639
 behind a

00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:43.139
 frowning

00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:43.900
 providence

00:49:43.900 --> 00:49:45.059
 he hides

00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:45.800
 a smiling

00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:46.320
 face

00:49:46.320 --> 00:49:47.719
 his purposes

00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:48.659
 will ripen

00:49:48.659 --> 00:49:49.099
 fast

00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:49.740
 unfolding

00:49:49.740 --> 00:49:50.579
 every hour

00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:51.699
 the bud

00:49:51.699 --> 00:49:52.280
 may have

00:49:52.280 --> 00:49:52.659
 a bitter

00:49:52.659 --> 00:49:53.199
 taste

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:54.579
 but sweet

00:49:54.579 --> 00:49:55.380
 will be

00:49:55.380 --> 00:49:56.019
 the flower

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:59.059
 he's reminding

00:49:59.059 --> 00:49:59.679
 us in these

00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:00.480
 words that

00:50:00.480 --> 00:50:01.880
 God does

00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:02.480
 work

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:03.699
 in mysterious

00:50:03.699 --> 00:50:04.440
 ways

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:05.740
 and that

00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:06.099
 this was

00:50:06.099 --> 00:50:06.740
 a mysterious

00:50:06.740 --> 00:50:07.639
 providence

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:08.400
 for Habakkuk

00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:08.659
 and the

00:50:08.659 --> 00:50:09.039
 people

00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:09.380
 then

00:50:09.380 --> 00:50:10.220
 the Lord

00:50:10.220 --> 00:50:10.840
 is saying

00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:11.780
 I am

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:12.380
 working

00:50:12.380 --> 00:50:13.079
 I am

00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:13.500
 going to

00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:13.920
 do a

00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:14.119
 thing

00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:14.460
 in your

00:50:14.460 --> 00:50:14.820
 midst

00:50:14.820 --> 00:50:15.159
 that you

00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:15.519
 would not

00:50:15.519 --> 00:50:16.079
 believe

00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:16.440
 if I

00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:17.139
 told you

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:18.059
 but it's

00:50:18.059 --> 00:50:18.519
 not what

00:50:18.519 --> 00:50:18.659
 they

00:50:18.659 --> 00:50:19.320
 wanted

00:50:19.320 --> 00:50:23.300
 but God

00:50:23.300 --> 00:50:23.679
 has a

00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:24.300
 purpose

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:26.480
 God

00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:27.119
 is not

00:50:27.119 --> 00:50:28.880
 silent

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:29.320
 God

00:50:29.320 --> 00:50:29.720
 is not

00:50:29.720 --> 00:50:30.380
 stationary

00:50:30.380 --> 00:50:31.380
 he is

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:32.000
 active

00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:32.760
 he is

00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:33.159
 working

00:50:33.159 --> 00:50:33.619
 and that's

00:50:33.619 --> 00:50:34.159
 true for

00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:34.420
 us

00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:34.859
 today

00:50:34.859 --> 00:50:35.960
 as well

00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:37.399
 that God

00:50:37.399 --> 00:50:37.679
 in the

00:50:37.679 --> 00:50:38.139
 midst of

00:50:38.139 --> 00:50:38.539
 all that

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:38.879
 we see

00:50:38.879 --> 00:50:39.559
 around us

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:40.460
 can bring

00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:40.839
 good

00:50:40.839 --> 00:50:42.460
 and where

00:50:42.460 --> 00:50:42.759
 do we

00:50:42.759 --> 00:50:43.399
 see this

00:50:43.399 --> 00:50:43.879
 shown

00:50:43.879 --> 00:50:44.819
 to us

00:50:44.819 --> 00:50:45.500
 so much

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:47.099
 well we

00:50:47.099 --> 00:50:47.539
 see it

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:47.799
 as we

00:50:47.799 --> 00:50:48.379
 come to

00:50:48.379 --> 00:50:49.119
 the cross

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:50.879
 we see

00:50:50.879 --> 00:50:51.559
 it as

00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:51.960
 we look

00:50:51.960 --> 00:50:52.359
 to the

00:50:52.359 --> 00:50:52.779
 cross

00:50:52.779 --> 00:50:53.039
 where

00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:53.559
 Christ

00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:53.859
 was

00:50:53.859 --> 00:50:54.379
 crucified

00:50:54.379 --> 00:50:55.839
 when we

00:50:55.839 --> 00:50:56.440
 think of

00:50:56.440 --> 00:50:57.480
 all the

00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:58.019
 chaos

00:50:58.019 --> 00:50:58.719
 all the

00:50:58.719 --> 00:50:59.139
 sin

00:50:59.139 --> 00:50:59.879
 around us

00:50:59.879 --> 00:51:00.639
 we would

00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:00.980
 say

00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:01.980
 there is

00:51:01.980 --> 00:51:02.360
 a way

00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:02.900
 to deal

00:51:02.900 --> 00:51:03.260
 with this

00:51:03.260 --> 00:51:03.740
 and God

00:51:03.740 --> 00:51:04.099
 is just

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:05.019
 to destroy

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:05.599
 our enemies

00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:06.159
 destroy

00:51:06.159 --> 00:51:06.960
 the sin

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:07.780
 of this

00:51:07.780 --> 00:51:08.280
 world

00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:10.360
 but God

00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:10.820
 has said

00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:11.119
 I am

00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:11.639
 doing a

00:51:11.639 --> 00:51:11.980
 thing

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:12.820
 in your

00:51:12.820 --> 00:51:13.119
 midst

00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:13.420
 that you

00:51:13.420 --> 00:51:13.780
 would not

00:51:13.780 --> 00:51:14.240
 believe

00:51:14.240 --> 00:51:14.740
 if I

00:51:14.740 --> 00:51:15.460
 told you

00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:16.659
 I am

00:51:16.659 --> 00:51:17.019
 giving

00:51:17.019 --> 00:51:17.820
 my son

00:51:17.820 --> 00:51:19.420
 I am

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:19.659
 giving

00:51:19.659 --> 00:51:20.300
 my son

00:51:20.300 --> 00:51:21.000
 that he

00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:21.699
 might die

00:51:21.699 --> 00:51:22.440
 on the

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:22.960
 cross

00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:24.340
 that in

00:51:24.340 --> 00:51:24.940
 the darkness

00:51:24.940 --> 00:51:25.460
 of the

00:51:25.460 --> 00:51:26.019
 cross

00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:27.099
 where all

00:51:27.099 --> 00:51:27.900
 hope seems

00:51:27.900 --> 00:51:28.200
 to be

00:51:28.200 --> 00:51:28.480
 gone

00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:28.820
 where the

00:51:28.820 --> 00:51:29.240
 people

00:51:29.240 --> 00:51:29.800
 feel

00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:30.519
 what is

00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:31.059
 happening

00:51:31.059 --> 00:51:31.720
 here

00:51:31.720 --> 00:51:33.039
 Jesus

00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:33.820
 cries

00:51:33.820 --> 00:51:34.740
 it is

00:51:34.740 --> 00:51:35.280
 finished

00:51:35.280 --> 00:51:36.900
 we don't

00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:37.480
 understand

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:37.980
 it

00:51:37.980 --> 00:51:39.700
 we don't

00:51:39.700 --> 00:51:40.500
 we don't

00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:40.880
 just

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:41.500
 comprehend

00:51:41.500 --> 00:51:42.220
 it so

00:51:42.220 --> 00:51:42.599
 much

00:51:42.599 --> 00:51:43.059
 as to

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:43.340
 what it

00:51:43.340 --> 00:51:43.700
 actually

00:51:43.700 --> 00:51:44.360
 means

00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:45.900
 it's

00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:46.340
 not the

00:51:46.340 --> 00:51:46.680
 way

00:51:46.680 --> 00:51:47.360
 we would

00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:47.780
 have said

00:51:47.780 --> 00:51:48.260
 to God

00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:48.559
 look

00:51:48.559 --> 00:51:48.940
 Lord

00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:49.980
 do this

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:50.840
 take care

00:51:50.840 --> 00:51:51.160
 of our

00:51:51.160 --> 00:51:51.480
 sins

00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:51.880
 in this

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:52.139
 way

00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:52.960
 we would

00:51:52.960 --> 00:51:53.220
 never

00:51:53.220 --> 00:51:53.760
 have said

00:51:53.760 --> 00:51:54.300
 give

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:54.920
 your son

00:51:54.920 --> 00:51:55.519
 to die

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:57.679
 but that

00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:58.039
 is what

00:51:58.039 --> 00:51:58.480
 God

00:51:58.480 --> 00:51:59.119
 has done

00:51:59.119 --> 00:52:00.239
 for us

00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:01.619
 God's

00:52:01.619 --> 00:52:02.099
 ways

00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:03.199
 are not

00:52:03.199 --> 00:52:03.559
 our

00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:04.000
 ways

00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:06.019
 and that's

00:52:06.019 --> 00:52:06.239
 what we

00:52:06.239 --> 00:52:06.619
 have to

00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:07.139
 remember

00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:07.480
 in the

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:08.019
 midst of

00:52:08.019 --> 00:52:08.320
 our

00:52:08.320 --> 00:52:08.759
 world

00:52:08.759 --> 00:52:09.139
 and all

00:52:09.139 --> 00:52:09.380
 its

00:52:09.380 --> 00:52:09.920
 chaos

00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:11.480
 that God

00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:12.139
 is doing

00:52:12.139 --> 00:52:13.119
 a work

00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:14.420
 sometimes

00:52:14.420 --> 00:52:15.460
 it'll be

00:52:15.460 --> 00:52:15.719
 through

00:52:15.719 --> 00:52:16.400
 times of

00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:16.840
 blessing

00:52:16.840 --> 00:52:17.420
 and times

00:52:17.420 --> 00:52:18.159
 of revival

00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:19.639
 but other

00:52:19.639 --> 00:52:20.219
 times it'll

00:52:20.219 --> 00:52:20.619
 be through

00:52:20.619 --> 00:52:21.340
 times of

00:52:21.340 --> 00:52:21.880
 chaos

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:23.699
 but God

00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:24.340
 can still

00:52:24.340 --> 00:52:24.820
 bring a

00:52:24.820 --> 00:52:25.259
 people

00:52:25.260 --> 00:52:26.400
 to himself

00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:26.780
 in the

00:52:26.780 --> 00:52:27.080
 midst

00:52:27.080 --> 00:52:27.700
 of that

00:52:27.700 --> 00:52:28.500
 he can

00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:29.160
 restore

00:52:29.160 --> 00:52:29.720
 a people

00:52:29.720 --> 00:52:30.060
 he can

00:52:30.060 --> 00:52:30.600
 restore

00:52:30.600 --> 00:52:31.220
 a nation

00:52:31.220 --> 00:52:31.940
 through

00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:32.220
 his

00:52:32.220 --> 00:52:32.780
 judgment

00:52:32.780 --> 00:52:33.800
 through

00:52:33.800 --> 00:52:34.100
 his

00:52:34.100 --> 00:52:35.560
 mysterious

00:52:35.560 --> 00:52:36.480
 providence

00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:37.340
 at times

00:52:37.340 --> 00:52:38.520
 God

00:52:38.520 --> 00:52:40.080
 is working

00:52:40.080 --> 00:52:42.060
 but then

00:52:42.060 --> 00:52:42.680
 finally we

00:52:42.680 --> 00:52:43.580
 ask ourselves

00:52:43.580 --> 00:52:44.160
 in the midst

00:52:44.160 --> 00:52:44.720
 of this

00:52:44.720 --> 00:52:45.640
 confusion

00:52:45.640 --> 00:52:46.660
 in the

00:52:46.660 --> 00:52:47.160
 midst of

00:52:47.160 --> 00:52:47.880
 a mysterious

00:52:47.880 --> 00:52:48.720
 providence

00:52:48.720 --> 00:52:49.320
 of God

00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:49.940
 sending

00:52:49.940 --> 00:52:51.040
 a nation

00:52:51.040 --> 00:52:51.660
 of such

00:52:51.660 --> 00:52:52.160
 venom

00:52:52.160 --> 00:52:53.100
 against

00:52:53.100 --> 00:52:53.880
 his people

00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:54.440
 well what

00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:55.119
 hope is

00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:55.420
 there

00:52:55.420 --> 00:52:56.519
 in this

00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:58.180
 well the

00:52:58.180 --> 00:52:58.860
 final thing

00:52:58.860 --> 00:52:59.160
 I want

00:52:59.160 --> 00:52:59.599
 to see

00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:00.140
 here is

00:53:00.140 --> 00:53:00.960
 that there

00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:01.260
 is a

00:53:01.260 --> 00:53:01.760
 warm

00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:03.099
 embrace

00:53:03.099 --> 00:53:04.760
 when you

00:53:04.760 --> 00:53:05.500
 read through

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:05.940
 this

00:53:05.940 --> 00:53:06.960
 you maybe

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.660
 think well

00:53:07.660 --> 00:53:08.360
 things are

00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:08.860
 just so

00:53:08.860 --> 00:53:09.220
 difficult

00:53:09.220 --> 00:53:09.700
 that all

00:53:09.700 --> 00:53:09.980
 they have

00:53:09.980 --> 00:53:10.240
 to do

00:53:10.240 --> 00:53:10.559
 is just

00:53:10.559 --> 00:53:10.880
 grin

00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:11.740
 and bear

00:53:11.740 --> 00:53:12.059
 it

00:53:12.059 --> 00:53:13.700
 on their

00:53:13.700 --> 00:53:14.220
 own day

00:53:14.220 --> 00:53:14.640
 we think

00:53:14.640 --> 00:53:15.039
 well maybe

00:53:15.039 --> 00:53:15.900
 God's not

00:53:15.900 --> 00:53:16.380
 listening

00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:17.400
 all we have

00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:17.680
 to do is

00:53:17.680 --> 00:53:18.119
 just grin

00:53:18.119 --> 00:53:18.920
 and bear

00:53:18.920 --> 00:53:19.420
 it for a

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:19.680
 time

00:53:19.680 --> 00:53:20.160
 put up

00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:20.639
 with it

00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:22.119
 but we

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:22.659
 are reminded

00:53:22.659 --> 00:53:23.460
 here of

00:53:23.460 --> 00:53:24.059
 God's

00:53:24.059 --> 00:53:24.599
 grace

00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:25.359
 and God's

00:53:25.359 --> 00:53:25.739
 love

00:53:25.739 --> 00:53:26.579
 to his

00:53:26.579 --> 00:53:27.079
 people

00:53:27.079 --> 00:53:28.079
 how do we

00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:28.559
 see it

00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:28.899
 here and

00:53:28.899 --> 00:53:29.339
 how do we

00:53:29.339 --> 00:53:29.739
 know it

00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:30.759
 ourselves

00:53:30.759 --> 00:53:32.179
 well we

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:32.839
 see it

00:53:32.839 --> 00:53:34.019
 in Habakkuk

00:53:34.019 --> 00:53:36.039
 when you

00:53:36.039 --> 00:53:36.420
 look at

00:53:36.420 --> 00:53:37.839
 verse 12

00:53:37.839 --> 00:53:39.099
 and verse

00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:39.879
 1 with

00:53:39.879 --> 00:53:40.159
 me

00:53:40.159 --> 00:53:41.679
 in verse

00:53:41.679 --> 00:53:42.259
 12

00:53:42.259 --> 00:53:42.960
 Habakkuk

00:53:42.960 --> 00:53:43.399
 says

00:53:43.399 --> 00:53:44.299
 are you

00:53:44.299 --> 00:53:44.899
 not from

00:53:44.899 --> 00:53:45.679
 everlasting

00:53:45.679 --> 00:53:46.559
 O Lord

00:53:46.559 --> 00:53:47.339
 my God

00:53:47.339 --> 00:53:48.460
 my Holy

00:53:48.460 --> 00:53:48.819
 One

00:53:48.820 --> 00:53:50.200
 we see

00:53:50.200 --> 00:53:50.480
 there

00:53:50.480 --> 00:53:51.200
 Habakkuk

00:53:51.200 --> 00:53:51.460
 has

00:53:51.460 --> 00:53:52.120
 confidence

00:53:52.120 --> 00:53:53.680
 he has

00:53:53.680 --> 00:53:54.260
 confidence

00:53:54.260 --> 00:53:54.940
 in God

00:53:54.940 --> 00:53:55.280
 yes he

00:53:55.280 --> 00:53:55.600
 has a

00:53:55.600 --> 00:53:56.140
 complaint

00:53:56.140 --> 00:53:57.320
 he is

00:53:57.320 --> 00:53:57.900
 groaning

00:53:57.900 --> 00:53:58.360
 against

00:53:58.360 --> 00:53:58.539
 him

00:53:58.539 --> 00:53:58.800
 but he

00:53:58.800 --> 00:53:58.940
 has

00:53:58.940 --> 00:53:59.720
 confidence

00:53:59.720 --> 00:54:01.000
 are you

00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:01.539
 not from

00:54:01.539 --> 00:54:02.220
 everlasting

00:54:02.220 --> 00:54:03.080
 O Lord

00:54:03.080 --> 00:54:04.960
 my God

00:54:04.960 --> 00:54:07.600
 so there's

00:54:07.600 --> 00:54:08.320
 confidence

00:54:08.320 --> 00:54:08.900
 in Habakkuk

00:54:08.900 --> 00:54:09.240
 he is

00:54:09.240 --> 00:54:10.000
 taking this

00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:11.059
 to God

00:54:11.059 --> 00:54:12.320
 and then

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:12.840
 we remind

00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:13.220
 as you go

00:54:13.220 --> 00:54:13.680
 back to

00:54:13.680 --> 00:54:14.360
 verse 1

00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:15.120
 the oracle

00:54:15.120 --> 00:54:15.940
 that Habakkuk

00:54:15.940 --> 00:54:16.640
 the prophet

00:54:16.640 --> 00:54:17.500
 saw

00:54:17.500 --> 00:54:19.300
 that God

00:54:19.300 --> 00:54:20.280
 was using

00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:21.460
 Habakkuk

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:22.900
 God was

00:54:22.900 --> 00:54:23.860
 using Habakkuk

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:25.019
 to communicate

00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:25.780
 to his

00:54:25.780 --> 00:54:26.280
 people

00:54:26.280 --> 00:54:27.420
 to speak

00:54:27.420 --> 00:54:27.780
 to them

00:54:27.780 --> 00:54:28.900
 in the midst

00:54:28.900 --> 00:54:29.980
 of this

00:54:29.980 --> 00:54:30.659
 chaos

00:54:30.659 --> 00:54:31.960
 we don't

00:54:31.960 --> 00:54:32.579
 know much

00:54:32.579 --> 00:54:33.460
 about Habakkuk

00:54:33.460 --> 00:54:35.099
 but there's

00:54:35.099 --> 00:54:35.579
 one thing

00:54:35.579 --> 00:54:35.960
 we do

00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:36.280
 know

00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:37.360
 and that

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:37.820
 is what

00:54:37.820 --> 00:54:38.440
 his name

00:54:38.440 --> 00:54:39.539
 means

00:54:39.539 --> 00:54:40.800
 Habakkuk

00:54:40.800 --> 00:54:41.840
 means

00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:43.260
 embrace

00:54:43.260 --> 00:54:46.680
 a hug

00:54:46.680 --> 00:54:48.620
 a warm

00:54:48.620 --> 00:54:49.800
 embrace

00:54:49.800 --> 00:54:50.300
 that is

00:54:50.300 --> 00:54:50.660
 what his

00:54:50.660 --> 00:54:51.040
 name

00:54:51.040 --> 00:54:52.060
 means

00:54:52.060 --> 00:54:52.400
 and when

00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:52.660
 you look

00:54:52.660 --> 00:54:53.040
 at the

00:54:53.040 --> 00:54:53.480
 prophets

00:54:53.480 --> 00:54:53.960
 and their

00:54:53.960 --> 00:54:54.280
 names

00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:54.780
 you often

00:54:54.780 --> 00:54:55.180
 learn

00:54:55.180 --> 00:54:56.120
 so much

00:54:56.120 --> 00:54:56.940
 from them

00:54:56.940 --> 00:54:58.500
 Isaiah

00:54:58.500 --> 00:54:59.400
 who was

00:54:59.400 --> 00:55:00.020
 sent by

00:55:00.020 --> 00:55:00.340
 God

00:55:00.340 --> 00:55:00.580
 means

00:55:00.580 --> 00:55:01.200
 salvation

00:55:01.200 --> 00:55:02.160
 is of

00:55:02.160 --> 00:55:02.800
 the Lord

00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:04.400
 Jeremiah

00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:05.200
 who was

00:55:05.200 --> 00:55:05.740
 sent by

00:55:05.740 --> 00:55:06.100
 God

00:55:06.100 --> 00:55:06.420
 means

00:55:06.420 --> 00:55:06.940
 God

00:55:06.940 --> 00:55:07.280
 will

00:55:07.280 --> 00:55:08.040
 raise

00:55:08.040 --> 00:55:09.420
 and so

00:55:09.420 --> 00:55:09.800
 here

00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:10.220
 there's no

00:55:10.220 --> 00:55:10.820
 coincidence

00:55:10.820 --> 00:55:11.820
 that Habakkuk

00:55:11.820 --> 00:55:12.780
 is used

00:55:12.780 --> 00:55:13.380
 by God

00:55:13.380 --> 00:55:13.680
 in the

00:55:13.680 --> 00:55:13.960
 midst

00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:14.420
 of this

00:55:14.420 --> 00:55:14.920
 chaos

00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:16.380
 to remind

00:55:16.380 --> 00:55:16.640
 us

00:55:16.640 --> 00:55:17.320
 that God

00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:17.980
 embraces

00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:19.620
 that God

00:55:19.620 --> 00:55:20.220
 is there

00:55:20.220 --> 00:55:21.160
 for his

00:55:21.160 --> 00:55:21.700
 people

00:55:21.700 --> 00:55:22.920
 when you

00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:23.360
 feel

00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:24.340
 sad

00:55:24.340 --> 00:55:25.180
 when you

00:55:25.180 --> 00:55:25.500
 feel

00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:26.200
 sorrowful

00:55:26.200 --> 00:55:26.440
 and you

00:55:26.440 --> 00:55:26.620
 need

00:55:26.620 --> 00:55:27.340
 encouragement

00:55:27.340 --> 00:55:28.620
 a warm

00:55:28.620 --> 00:55:29.260
 embrace

00:55:29.260 --> 00:55:30.380
 can give

00:55:30.380 --> 00:55:31.000
 so much

00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:31.660
 to us

00:55:31.660 --> 00:55:32.840
 and that

00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:33.140
 is what

00:55:33.140 --> 00:55:33.620
 we have

00:55:33.620 --> 00:55:34.320
 from God

00:55:34.320 --> 00:55:34.740
 here

00:55:34.740 --> 00:55:36.300
 a reminder

00:55:36.300 --> 00:55:37.080
 that in

00:55:37.080 --> 00:55:37.539
 the days

00:55:37.539 --> 00:55:38.140
 of chaos

00:55:38.140 --> 00:55:38.740
 that Habakkuk

00:55:38.740 --> 00:55:39.280
 was in

00:55:39.280 --> 00:55:39.980
 and in

00:55:39.980 --> 00:55:40.460
 our own

00:55:40.460 --> 00:55:40.820
 day and

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:41.079
 age

00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:41.639
 just now

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:42.260
 that God

00:55:42.260 --> 00:55:42.840
 is there

00:55:42.840 --> 00:55:43.840
 for us

00:55:43.840 --> 00:55:45.500
 remember

00:55:45.500 --> 00:55:46.800
 he sent

00:55:46.800 --> 00:55:47.539
 his prophets

00:55:47.539 --> 00:55:48.940
 he sent

00:55:48.940 --> 00:55:50.079
 Jeremiah

00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:51.639
 he sent

00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:52.740
 Jeremiah's

00:55:52.740 --> 00:55:53.260
 God

00:55:53.260 --> 00:55:54.099
 will raise

00:55:54.099 --> 00:55:55.199
 he sent

00:55:55.199 --> 00:55:55.820
 Isaiah

00:55:55.820 --> 00:55:56.860
 to say

00:55:56.860 --> 00:55:57.460
 salvation

00:55:57.460 --> 00:55:57.960
 is of

00:55:57.960 --> 00:55:58.559
 the Lord

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 he sent

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 Habakkuk

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 to say

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 there is

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 an embrace

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 but above

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 all

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 he sent

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 his son

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 a son

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 who says

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 come

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 come

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 come

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 to me

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 all

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 who

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 labor

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 and are

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 heavy laden

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 and I

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 will give

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 you rest

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 I will

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 give you

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 that embrace

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 and as

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 you go

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 through

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 the Bible

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 as you

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 go through

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 God's

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 working

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 salvation

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 among

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 his people

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 what we

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 see

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 again

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 and again

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 is God

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 moving

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 in his

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 ways

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 God

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 working

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 things

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 out

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 to

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 God

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 and he

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 is moving

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 things

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 for his

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 people

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 he is

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 moving

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 his work

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 of salvation, that we might come to him and find that hope in him. I am doing a work in your days

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 that you would not believe if I told. Well, you see, I want us to close with just three verses

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 that remind us of the embrace of God to his people. And it's three verses that show it

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 over a spectrum of time. We go back to Deuteronomy chapter 33, where God is speaking to his people

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 as they go in to the promised land. He's reminding them to always look to him. And he says in verse

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 27, the eternal God is your dwelling place and underneath are the everlasting arms.

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 There is a reminder there of the beginning of God's people. Underneath are the everlasting arms.

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 I will embrace you. I will hold you. There's a reminder for us in the New Testament,

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 as Jesus gave the parable of the prodigal son. In Luke 15, that parable that speaks of the son who

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 went away from his father, who wanted all his money to spend in riotous ways. He went away,

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 but then came to his senses. And he came back to the father, hoping just to be a servant

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 in his father's house. But what did his father do? In Luke 15, verse 20, his father arose

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 and came to him. And while he was a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion and ran

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 and embraced him and kissed him. That is that reminder that when we have gone far away from God,

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 when we have paralyzed God's word ourselves, we have turned our back on God, that when we come back to

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 him, he will embrace his people. He embraced him and kissed him. And the final one I want us to think

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 about is for our future and for all who trust in the Lord, that ultimately the day will come

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 when he will finally and fully embrace us to himself. In Revelation 21, verse 4, he says,

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 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning,

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 nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. There is that final embrace

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 as he welcomes us to himself for eternity. Wiping away tear, a tear is always an embrace,

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 always a loving embrace. And so Habakkuk reminds us in the chaos that surrounded him of this warm embrace.

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 And it reminds us today that as we trust in the Lord, he has that embrace for us.

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 We can have times of confusion. We can have times of mysterious providences that we don't understand.

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 But we can have times to always know the Lord's warmth and love and gracious embrace.

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 May we know it today and all our days. Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, may you bless your word to us and remind us of the wonder of your providence,

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 how your ways are above our ways and your thoughts above ours.

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 But help us to pray your will be done. As we ask it all in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 We'll conclude by singing to God's praise in Psalm 35, page 44 of the psalm book.

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 We'll sing from verse 26 to 28.

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 Psalm 35, page 44.

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 May all who gloat at my distress, no shame and loss of face.

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 May all who triumph over me be covered with disgrace.

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 I will extol your righteousness, I will praise you with my tongue.

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 I will proclaim your greatness, Lord, and praise you all day long.

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 We'll sing these three stanzas to the tune of St. Andrew to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 May all who gloat at my distress, no shame and loss of face.

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 May all who triumph over me be covered with disgrace.

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 May those who long to see me clear, shout out with joy and sing.

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 The Lord be praised, who loves to see the servant prospering.

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 I will extol your righteousness, I will praise you with my tongue.

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 I will proclaim your greatness, Lord, and praise you all day long.

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 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left.

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 We'll close with a benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 A.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.